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This isn’t an innovative work of art. It didn’t require talent. That’s not what makes it precious. It’s precious because it’s a portrait of the sweet children at my church – singing, listening, laughing – done live, while they watched. The church coordinates a “Kids News Magazine” called GPTV (Gospel Project Television) for them each […]

I’m excited to launch a long-term dream: The Black Sheep Landmark Series. Travel is a big part of my life, so I’m going to be bringing my destinations to colorful life through my art in the coming years. First up: Nantucket, of course. Feels fitting. While on Nantucket this Fall I took notes. Each of […]

“Village.” What does this word mean to you? What images does it conjure up in your mind? Where does it take you? A client came to me recently and asked me to paint “her village.” She has two friends whom she loves, and wanted to give them a gift. These friends and their children are […]

When I was a kid, I would experience color when I was touched. This experience disappeared long ago. I thought it was gone forever. A few weeks ago, my husband kissed me good morning – and I saw this. I ran immediately to my pastel case and began grabbing colors, sputtering all the while, “I’m […]

I have a friend who as a daughter. This daughter is unusually adorable (no, it’s really true). She’s barely a year old, but she’s so talkative, and I’ve been enchanted with her voice from day one. This is her babbling voice, in all it’s peaks and valleys of expression.

Art is at least half what YOU bring to it. The memories are what make my work special. This painting is what I “saw” during my hard-won, insanely windy, first moments on the summit of Mount Madison in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. The sustained winds were grey-blue, surging darker during gusts. When […]

A piece inspired by last week’s intense thunder storm. This is the sound of a particularly hearty and long gust of wind through the trees outside my balcony. (Also my first piece with my new pastels. I’m in love.)

Can’t wait to put this sentimental five minutes up on my own wall. Here’s LA COLOMBE (a local coffee shop), along with the notes I scribbled while sitting in their Blagden Alley location a year ago. I don’t remember what every color was…but I do know that the reds are glass clinking on glass as […]

If it hasn’t become obvious, the National Gallery of Art is a pilgrimage spot for me. It’s where I go when I need to unwind, to clear my head, to plan something, to get perspective. There are several galleries I always visit. Gallery 10 is one of those. I’ve sat on the velveteen bench by […]

I’ve painted this fountain before. It’s in a special place, the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. This garden is where my boys and I have found shade and cooled our hands on hot DC days. My husband and I have listened to jazz here. My family celebrated my oldest son’s birthday here with cupcakes […]